With Wei Yuan's encouragement, the news of Guangling's victory spread throughout Ulzhou at a very fast speed, and a few days later, even the Shaanxi Trilateral Governor's Mansion got the news.

"Guangling's inspection has broken more than a thousand rogues? Hmph, who is Guanglingzhi County? How can such news be spread, aren't you afraid that there will be a division to punish the crime? ”

"My lord, Guanglingzhi County is Wei Yuan"

"But Lu Xiangsheng's disciple?"

"Yes, this is the person"

"It's a great achievement, full of nonsense, not as much as Lu Jiandou"

"Then ...... good news?"

"Put on the seal, although Lu Jiandou is a fool, but the official has no grievances with him, it's just a matter of effort, there is no need to offend him"

"Xiaguan understands"

For Wang Teng, it is a big deal to exterminate the mud, but for Hong Chengchou, it is just a small matter.

After a few sentences, Hong Chengchou focused his attention on the map, and he was conceiving the three-sided defense line.

Houjin light cavalry came and went without a trace, and it was obviously difficult to succeed by relying only on the border army, how to check and fill in the gaps?

Hong Chengchou fell into deep thought.

In Guangling County, Wang Teng returned to the military fort.

After successfully exterminating the rogues of Bears Ears Mountain, he must fulfill his pre-war promise of five hundred dollars per head.

However, when he arrived at the warehouse, Wang Teng was stunned, "What, there is not much grain?" How long has it been since the 500 stone grain is gone? ”

Liu Tian held a stack of tall account books and smiled bitterly, "My lord, in the battle of Dingjiazhuang, the township Yong was rewarded with 160 stones, and before the end of the month, 200 new township warriors were recruited, and each person had half a stone of grain, which is a hundred stones, plus the construction of the military fort, the remuneration of the craftsmen, the consumption is very great."

Wang Teng patted his head, "Is the silver enough?" ”

Liu Tian nodded slightly, "There are still eight hundred taels of silver, counting the seizure of Bears Ears Mountain, a total of one thousand five hundred taels away."

"Take out four hundred taels of silver and give them to Lord Wei, Yi Qianhu, and Master Qin, except for Lord Wei, one hundred taels per person."

"Whoa"

"This time Bears Ears Mountain won a complete victory, and the township was indispensable, and three hundred taels of silver were awarded to the meritorious sergeants, which they deserved."

"Order"

"How many ordnance are left in the storeroom?"

"1,136 arrows, 300 spears, 60 horn bows, 5 pairs of armor, broadswords, waist knives, and rattan back knives each have more than 50 mouths."

Wang Teng frowned, "There aren't many arrows, why don't you buy more?" ”

"There are not many counties left, and there are always some spare parts in the army, and if you want to buy them, you can only go to the Ulzhou armory to buy them."

It sounded very troublesome, Wang Teng asked tentatively, "Can you build some yourself?" ”

Liu Tian shook his head like a rattle and explained: "The War Bureau is in charge of the world, the manufacture of armor and bows and crossbows, and the tools created by the War Bureau's armory have the mark of craftsmen, and if a fake is found, it will be very important."

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, can you only spend money to buy it?

Liu Tian said in a low voice: "Lord Wei will soon be sentenced to Ulzhou, if he informs the armory, it shouldn't be a big deal."

Wang Teng remembered that at this time, before the time of the world's chaos, the imperial court still had unquestionable authority at the local level.

If anyone privately casts weapons in the civilian sector, as long as they are charged with "conspiracy to misbehave", most of them will not die well.

Wang Teng would rather spend more money than cause trouble.

"If an outsider asks where the longbow came from, they will say that it was captured by the bandits, understand?"

"The villain got it"

"Well, tell the craftsmen and tell them not to show their bottoms."

"Order"

After thinking about it, in order to better stimulate the enthusiasm of craftsmen, Wang Teng decided to set up a craftsman camp.

The main part of the artisan battalion consisted of blacksmiths and carpenters, and if they joined it, they received a hundred silver dollars per month, and each artisan earned a consistent monthly income, including the head of the spear and the longbow charged by the piece.

The monthly income is consistent, this is already a high-income group, you must know that Wang Teng's monthly income is only about the same, looking at the world, there is no second person who can afford this high price, except for Wang Teng.

When the news broke, dozens of carpenters from Guangling County flocked to the door, and they crowded in front of the inspection department, begging to join the craftsman battalion.

For the local Guangling craftsmen, Wang Teng will keep all of them, and as for the craftsmen from other places, they will not be included for the time being due to confidentiality concerns.

With the help of two blacksmiths who knew the roots, Blacksmith Zhang's progress in building the fire gun was noticeably faster.

However, the iron and stone that had been finally hammered up were exhausted.

There are too many impurities in the crude iron refined in the Ming Dynasty, and ten catties can be used to smelt one catty of refined iron, and to build a firearm, at least ten catties of refined iron are needed.

If there were no raw materials, it wouldn't be long before the artisan camp would have to shut down.

The problem is very serious, but the local ore trading is strictly prohibited.

Salt and iron, these two things are the foundation of the imperial court's life, in the major mining areas, the imperial court has a mine supervisor, specializing in iron ore operations, if you want to drum out ore from there, it is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger.

"Is there any iron ore in Ulju?"

"Yes, there are, but the quantity is limited, in order not to affect the people's livelihood and official use, every year the imperial court will send a certain amount of ore to the state capitals in various places."

Wang Teng scratched his head, "It seems that we have to think of making some ore from the state capital first, and we can't let the craftsmen stop working."

"My lord, let's inform Lord Wei, let him come forward, and the matter should be easy to solve."

Wang Teng bowed slightly.

This time to attack Gou'er Mountain, Tong's consistent firearm still came in handy.

Although it is far from the spectacular scene of "queuing up to shoot" in Wang Teng's imagination, it still strengthens Wang Teng's determination to continue to build firearms.

Wang Teng always believed that the best choice to deal with the elite of the Manchu Qing was the musketeers.

Once a certain size is reached, the musketeers will dominate the battlefield.

After a short break, Guangling Xiangyong began to train harshly again.

The pikemen and sword and shield soldiers followed the rules and had traces to follow, but the musketeers under Tong's command encountered problems.

Gunners, like archers, can only be trained over the years.

However, due to the limitations of material technology, the service life of the most sophisticated firecracker is only dozens of times, and if it is lost, it will be replaced, which will cost a lot and take a long time.

On the other hand, training a firecracker also requires a lot of ammunition, and if the firecracker has no ammunition, the firecracker is not even as good as a burning stick.

It is said that there are only more than 500 copies of gunpowder in the entire Guangling City, and once it is used up, it will be taken to Ulzhou to get it.

Wang Teng bought ten firecrackers from Yi Ying and spent a hundred taels of silver.

Yi Ying was very generous and sent 200 pieces of ammunition.

It sounds like a lot of money, but once you train, you may be exhausted in a few days.